Project Grant R18HS019351

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $2,238,104 to Brown University to conduct research on prescribing cascades among nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The key objectives are to identify risk factors for prescribing cascades, estimate the effects of precipitant medication use on resultant medication use, and quantify the impacts of prescribing cascades on adverse outcomes like...

This Project Grant award of $2,278,636.00 from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will fund research to characterize and evaluate different nursing home clinician care models for residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The project aims to understand the characteristics and outcomes of existing clinician care models, with a focus on the degree of co-management between nurse practitioners and physicians. The research will survey a nationally...

This $318,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) with a start date of September 17, 2024 and an end date of August 31, 2026. The grant will fund a study to investigate the epidemiology and clinical consequences of cardiometabolic medication substitution that occurs when older adults transition from acute hospital care to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The research aims to determine the...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota a Project Grant of $1,940,856 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) beginning May 1, 2025, and concluding January 31, 2030. This research initiative addresses healthcare disparities in nursing home care for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). The primary deliverables include creation of an integrated dataset combining Minimum Data...

This $1,306,862 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) will fund research on the relationship between real estate investment trust (REIT) investments in nursing homes and the quality of end-of-life care for residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The project, led by Weill Medical College of Cornell University, will construct a nationally representative database of nursing home residents with...

This $121,209 National Institute on Aging project grant will support research assessing the impact of primary care structural capabilities on hospitalizations among older adults with dementia. Specifically, the grantee will analyze cross-sectional data from 2018-2019 to describe structural capabilities like care coordination, electronic health records, and community integration in primary care practices employing nurse practitioners to serve Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and...

Federal Grant Award Summary This $3.15 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866, Aging Research) awarded to Vanderbilt University Medical Center on September 1, 2025, supports a five-year research initiative investigating the relationship between serum psychotropic drug levels, drug metabolizer status, and delirium duration in hospitalized older adults. The research addresses a critical clinical gap: delirium occurs in approximately 50% of older hospitalized...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $2,373,964 will fund a 3-year study examining the use of telehealth to improve care for long-stay nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The key objectives are to: 1) qualitatively assess how telehealth is used in nursing homes and barriers/facilitators to its adoption, 2) characterize telehealth and in-person care utilization patterns for this population...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded the University of Delaware a $2.61 million project grant effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). This research project will investigate the safety and effectiveness of different hypertension treatment strategies for nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The study addresses a critical evidence gap, as prior...

This $2,497,615 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), aims to evaluate the impact of new Medicare home health agency (HHA) payment policies on healthcare utilization and outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The project has three key objectives: 1) characterizing changes in the ADRD beneficiary population eligible for HHA services, 2) evaluating the effect of...